The Invisible Wall[1][2] (Italian: Il muro di gomma, lit. 'The Rubber Wall') is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi. The film, which deals with the crash of Itavia Flight 870, entered the competition at the 48th Venice International Film Festival.[3][4]
| The Rubber Wall | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro | |
| Directed by | Marco Risi |
| Written by | Andrea Purgatori Sandro Petraglia Stefano Rulli |
| Produced by | Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori Maurizio Tedesco |
| Starring | Corso Salani |
| Cinematography | Mauro Marchetti |
| Edited by | Claudio Di Mauro |
| Music by | Francesco De Gregori |
| Distributed by | Penta Distribuzione |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
editItaly, on the evening of June 27, 1980, a civil aircraft flown by the Italian domestic airline Itavia, travelling from Bologna to Palermo, disappears in flight. Its remains are near Ustica: eighty victims. The causes are mysterious.
Cast
edit- Corso Salani: Rocco Ferrante
- Angela Finocchiaro: Giannina
- Ivano Marescotti: Giulio
- Antonello Fassari: Franco
- Carla Benedetti: Sandra
- Pietro Ghislandi: Corrà
- David Zard: Agente Segreto
- Mario Patané: Paolo
- Eliana Miglio: Anna
- Gianfranco Barra: Minister of Defence
- Ivo Garrani: Admiral Chief of the Defence Staff
- Sergio Fiorentini: General Chief of Staff of the Air Force
- Luigi Montini: General Air Force Spokesman
- Tony Sperandeo: Air Force NCO
- David Brandon : American Diplomat
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Moliterno, Gino (12 October 2009). The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8108-7059-8.
- ^ Vitti, Antonio (2009). The Films of Gianni Amelio. Metauro. pp. 63, 176. ISBN 978-88-6156-021-5.
- ^ Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996.
- ^ Andrew Spicer (19 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010, p. 465. ISBN 9780810873780.
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